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Men dressed as 1812-era Russian and French soldiers re-enact a battle as a dummy soldier is blown up, near the Belarus village of Bryli, east of Minsk, Nov. 24, 2012. It marks the 200th anniversary of the Berezina battle during Napoleon's army retreat from Russia.

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Men dressed as 1812-era Russian and French soldiers re-enact a battle as a dummy soldier is blown up, near the Belarus village of Bryli, east of Minsk, Nov. 24, 2012. It marks the 200th anniversary of the Berezina battle during Napoleon's army retreat from Russia.

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A Cambodian boy takes a shower near his home before a lunch at Kdol village of Koh Kong province, about 99 miles west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 24, 2012.

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Running back Andre Brown #35 of the New York Giants points to the sky as he and his teammates take the field prior to playing against the Green Bay Packers at MetLife Stadium, Nov. 25, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Shiite boys strike themselves with chained blades as part of a self-flagellation ritual marking Ashura, Nov. 25, 2012, New Delhi, India. The religious festival of Ashura, which involves a ten-day mourning period starts with the first day of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, commemorates and mourns the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein in the battle of Karbala.

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Police officers are sprayed with milk by European milk farmers during a demonstration outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Belguim, Nov. 26, 2012. Farmers drove their tractors into the European Quarter of Brussels for a two-day demonstration to protest against what they believe are unfair milk prices.

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Deepak Sharma, claiming to use magic, appears to levitate, as passers by look on at Lodhi gardens, Nov. 24, 2012 in Delhi, India.

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People launch khom loi (sky lanterns) into the night sky during the Yi Peng Festival, Nov. 24, 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Yi Peng Festival is a traditional festival held ahead of the Loy Krathong Festival, which celebrates the full moon of the 12th lunar month in the Buddhist calendar. Floating lanterns are used in the belief that grief and misfortune will fly away with the lanterns.

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A Palestinian schoolgirl is seen through a hole in a blackboard days after an Israeli strike hit the school in Gaza City, Nov. 26, 2012. Israel launched its offensive on Nov. 14 in a bid to halt Palestinian rocket attacks. It says it inflicted heavy damage on Gaza militants, but the territory's armed groups fired hundreds of rockets into Israel before a cease-fire was declared, Nov. 21, 2012.

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Iranian mourners chant slogans, as they cover themselves with mud, during Ashoura rituals, marking the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, at the city of Bijar, west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Nov. 25, 2012. Hussein, one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, was killed in a 7th century battle in Karbala, Iraq.

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Afghan refugee children gather around a fire to warm themselves, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov. 26, 2012.

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Visitors look at a Christmas illumination lit by 280,000 LED lights at Tokyo Midtown business and commercial complex, Nov. 25, 2012.